We “educate” through our overall body movements and gestures, our voice, our emotions, our mind, our history and the words we choose or which seem to choose us sometimes. And in this teaching all the gifts we’ve received – some of which maybe we don’t even know or fully appreciate – come to light. To light our way and hopefully theirs.

All the best education then is a mutual illumination.

The teacher meets the student and the student the teacher. And this meeting is fruitful in that is it enlivens gifts which, like all the most wonderful gifts, is given away in the fruitfulness of its being passed on to others.

Massage Therapy is a Gift Shared

When we share our gifts, we are educators. To educate of course means to “lead out,” from the Latin “ex” – “out” and “ducere” – “to lead.” We meet and somehow share ways to lead each other out of the darkness, just as the seed arises from the dark soil. We share dark roots and we meet in the sun.

As teachers – and we all are – we give it all we’ve got. We receive from this giving in turn – through the spread of light, life and love.